Reposted by Kostia GorobetsAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/10/2026"When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for everyone to quiet down and be 'civil'—an outcome that benefits those who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern for legality or civility."🔥 16829
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsParis Marx @parismarx.com · 02/10/2026wouldn’t have predicted catholicism as one of the big allies in the fight against ai, but i’m here for it 1431247
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Russia is preparing for the war in Ukraine to continue for years by planning record war spending, abandoning plans to rein in military outlays - Bloomberg "Russia wants peace" crowd has anything to add? Russia doesn't want peace, it wants Ukraine to surrender. 39384139
Reposted by Kostia Gorobetsnoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i don't want a fully customizable experience. i want an experience i couldn't have thought up at all. i want an experience i'm not smart enough or creative enough to specify in advance. i want to be surprised 3537
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 30/09/2026“Putin has gone even crazier,” a senior Ukrainian official told The Economist. “He ordered attacks on everything civilian. They want people to be afraid of going to the supermarket.” www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comPutin’s new bombardment of Kyiv has a terrible logicA Russian terror campaign aims to cripple the capital even before winter hits 810763
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The decline of Reform — and the fragmentation of the far right — should be a major news story too. But most media barely care… More evidence that media are not “just reporting the news” but are actively shaping it. With significant political consequences. 39835
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 33233155
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Academy of Sciences in Kyiv 🙏🇺🇦 510951
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsJeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How ironic that someday we may see Russian soldiers marching over the Kerch Bridge to leave Crimea, just as we witnessed Russian soldiers marching over a bridge to leave Afghanistan. I hope I live that long. 47586143
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsSasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For context: Palantir isn't named that because he's a Tolkien fan. It's because he's a fan of the uber-reddit Russian fanfic "The Last Ringbearer" which recast Sauron as a progressive industrializing force. 1731786
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People in Oleshky have no food and are surviving on grass and weeds, a desperate measure that won't even be an option in the winter. Real pressure must be applied to Russia to allow people to evacuate! 331127550
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My Neighbour Totoro is the most perfect animated film ever made. Each time I watch it, it’s such a blast of joy! 010
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🇺🇦 Ukrainian Charitable Initiatives: From Military Donations to Human Rights Protection They not only raise funds within Ukraine, but also secure international support ranging from individual donors to foreign governments. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/ukrainian-ch...theukrainianreview.infoUkrainian Charitable Initiatives: From Military Donations to Human Rights Protection | The Ukrainian ReviewUkrainian charitable foundations play a major role in collecting funds to strengthen Ukraine's defense sector and ensure civilian safety. The Ukrainian Review team looked into three key areas of Ukrai... 28120
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsBaltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 24/09/2026When you’re so anti-imperialist that you think only Westerners have agency. Greetings from the Baltic countries, by the way. Do us next. In that same period, the Baltics achieved some of the highest levels of human freedoms and fastest growth in the world. 99214
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Please share the information about Oleshky everywhere you can! Russia is starving residents of the town and nearby villages by denying food supplies and evacuation. People in Oleshky need help, or else they won't survive the winter! 10587430
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026static.klipy.comMan Says 'We Made It Up' MemeALT: Man Says 'We Made It Up' Meme 010
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This didn't happen. What actually happened is that Russia deliberately bombed several American businesses in Ukraine. The Bunge oilseed plant was hit right after Senator Blumenthal's visit in a twisted demonstration of power. 831678603
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just joining the Russian economic sphere I guess. 1321741364
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/09/2026⚡ Russian forces have committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, according to a new UN report. kyivindependent.com/abhorrent-ac...kyivindependent.com'Abhorrent acts' - Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since full-scale invasion, UN reportsRussian forces are responsible for the vast majority of sexual violence in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced in a new report. 27466254
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comJake Peralta's Cool Copshow ReactionALT: Jake Peralta's Cool Copshow Reaction 000
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Wow, hard to believe it, but it is solved! Thank everyone! 030
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsIllia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The story of how Nestle and Auchan refused to leave Russia in 2022, only for Putin to eventually seize their businesses with a single stroke of the pen, deserves to be told by sages as a biblical parable. 401274250
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Folks, I have a super-niche request. If anyone for whatever reason has access to (or a physical copy of) 2026 edition of Valery Zorkin's Law against Chaos (Право против хаоса), please DM! So far, I haven't even found it via ILL requests (which is kind of understandable). 022
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026 311820
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Folks, I have a super-niche request. If anyone for whatever reason has access to (or a physical copy of) 2026 edition of Valery Zorkin's Law against Chaos (Право против хаоса), please DM! So far, I haven't even found it via ILL requests (which is kind of understandable). 022
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsNtina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Jess Whyte and I wrote on the shifting mix btw persuasion and coercion in monetary hierarchy and the effects of this shift on the legal forms of the dollar. TLDR: soft law, IL and legal cooperation are replaced by executive orders and tweets. It's open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comFrom Dollar Hegemony to Dollar Dominance - Law and CritiqueThis article describes and diagnoses a major shift in the modalities, uses and legal forms of the international role of the US dollar. Drawing from the work of Ranajit Guha, we argue that the balance ... 072
Reposted by Kostia Gorobetslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16/09/2026has anyone noticed the days are getting shorter?? what exactly is the plan when we're all engulfed in eternal darkness 1261555132
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsMira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Jk Rowling naming russian oligarchs 527530
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026NEW: Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 21826881393
Reposted by Kostia Gorobets𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 14/09/2026Nothing says “America First” like having Moscow sponsor the open bar. 735120464489
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New “no vehicles in the park” just dropped 2215
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-wheels...othermeans.substack.comThe Wheels Are Coming OffIt Can Only Good Happen 41802149
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Kushner claims there’s a peace deal if only Ukr withdrew from Donbas. Thats not true. Ru wants Ukr withdrawal as the condition to begin peace talks not to end the war. Ru has not agreed to a single thing Ukr wants: NATO membership, peacekeeping troops, reparations, return of kidnapped children, etc. 17391149
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsB Allen Scoop (Vote Democrat) @thescoop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026And why the fuck should Ukraine do that? 2810833
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Your robber laid out his line of what he wants to achieve. If you, you know, wanted to give him your possessions, then obviously, you know, we have the rest of the deal set up and put together. But right now you do not want to do that.” 031
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I just can’t anymore. Ask Putin to stop the war? Noooo, dear friend Vladimir does nothing wrong, it’s Ukraine that is a nuisance. Messed up the whole Middle East for decades to come? Blame Ukraine! 120
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsHadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026assistant is lowercase for predoc like it's a cute little baby assistant 3493
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We’re entering another winter of Russian terror, bankrolled at large by surging oil prices from the war in Iran. After starting a war with no plan, they now blame us for the very crisis they created, the very same that will cost more of our lives this winter. 1731985
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Trump: “Putin is wanting to make a deal, and if Zelenskyy is wanting to make a deal, that’d be very nice. The hold-up is two people that hate each other.” Yes, they both want a deal, but not the same kind: Putin demands Ukraine’s total surrender, while Zelensky seeks a lasting, just peace 2231863
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am sorry but WHAT and HOW does it look like it is going to be amazing 130
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Trump regime’s communication to Russia on the war in Ukraine is, and has always been, “we’ll make it easier for you, so keep going, you can win.” Whatever words come out of Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff’s mouths, that’s the message their actions send, and that is how the Kremlin has received it. 16522148
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Fresh off failing to end the Iran war, secure any concessions, or even make US surrender stick, and riding on the apparent, deepening failure of their Gaza plan, Jared and Steve head to Moscow to resume their failing effort to get Ukraine to bow down to Putin and reward Russia for its aggression.bbc.comTrump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talksSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to hold talks with Russia before travelling to Ukraine on Sunday. 2223096
Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This rhymes so perfectly with Russia’s rhetoric regarding Ukraine since at least 2005. Dismissing it as just a political noise may eventually turn out to be a grave mistake. 000
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026As I predicted when Ukraine began striking Russian refineries, Trump is going to blame Ukraine for gas prices & begin to pressure them to stop doing it. Once again, the US will side with Putin against a country fighting for its survival. We’re morally bankrupt under Trump. bsky.app/profile/atru... 2162197727
Reposted by Kostia GorobetsVerfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 01/09/2026We have started a new symposium engaging with Monica Hakimi's critique of sovereigntism in international law. KOSTIA GOROBETS and ANDREA CARCANO introduce the debate. verfassungsblog.de/internationa... 151